I stopped asking a long time ago, "why would you want me to play that?" I'm an actor. That's what I do. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think it would be very difficult to play somebody if they didn't think they had any virtues or redeeming characteristics. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Actors are not always the best judges. We have a peculiar idea of what we think we are, and sometimes it's best… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
If you put on an Oscar Wilde [play], it will interest those who are interested in Oscar Wilde. But it won't interest… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I'm besotted by [Kirsten Dunst] now. I think she's just wonderful. I can't think for a second that however much she'd worked… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
In the States it's more and more difficult to get an independent film off the ground, and you certainly wont get the… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
If I'm doing a play, 30 to 40 percent of the people that come to the stage door have pictures of 'Alien'… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get suspicious when I read about actors spending… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Acting is an imaginative exercise. It would be odd if you didn't try to identify with the roles you play, but I… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I can't say that I wouldn't prefer to make small films, basically because I think they are probably more interesting in terms of the… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances. And it's being able - I can't tell you how… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
My surname certainly suggests a man whose destiny has always been injury. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I got used to [ Lars Von Trier] doing the narration for 'Dogville' and 'Manderley.' And I said to him I do these narrations… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of yourself. If… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
One wonders sometimes, looking at the world, how it's dealing with itself. There are days when you wake up and you feel very optimistic… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Things come in a quieter way to me. It's not laziness, and it's not diffidence. I just know how far you have to bend… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I've spent a great deal of my life doing independent film, and that is partly because the subject matter interests me and partly because… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I find myself more interested in producing. Not because I'm interested in the financial side of it, but just getting together the right elements… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Actors are not always the best judges. We have a peculiar idea of what we think we are, and sometimes it's best left to… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
![“If you put on an Oscar Wilde [play], it will interest those who are interested in Oscar Wilde. But it won't interest anybody else, because they won't get that wit.” quote by John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a0/john-hurt-1669_ifs_if-you-put-on-an-oscar-wilde-play-it-wil_1859379.jpg)
![“I'm besotted by [Kirsten Dunst] now. I think she's just wonderful. I can't think for a second that however much she'd worked in America, she would never have had the chance to play [a role in Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' ] like that. You have to get outside of the States to do something like that.” quote by John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f9b/john-hurt-1669_america_i-m-besotted-by-kirsten-dunst-now-i-thin_1339747.jpg)
![“I got used to [ Lars Von Trier] doing the narration for 'Dogville' and 'Manderley.' And I said to him I do these narrations for you but you never put me in a film! So he called my bluff and put me in 'Melancholia' and I was thrilled about that.” quote by John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ccf/john-hurt-1669_bluffs_i-got-used-to-lars-von-trier-doing-the-n_55595.jpg)
